A number of our posts and those of others, such as the excellent post by Jim Harris – “Predictably poor data quality” on the Dataflux Community of Experts site are exploring the concept of “behavioural data quality” – or people
Take COINS data analysis with a pinch of salt?
Recently the UK government published extracts from the COINS database. COINS stands for the Combined On-line Information System and the extract contains details of all expenditure by UK Government Departments over £25K for the years 2008/9 and 2009/10. Expenditure is
The Data Zoo – White paper now available for download
Our popular series of blog posts describing the different behaviours to be found in The Data Zoo and how they impact data quality has now been updated, enhanced and published as a White Paper. This White Paper is also available in
Does data make you lonely ?!?
A current topic in the news in the United Kingdom relates to a report by the Mental Health Foundation about how modern life leads to people being more lonely and the physical and mental health impacts of this loneliness. In
The Data Accident Investigation Board
At a recent talk by Professor Graham Braithwaite of Cranfield University on the role and work of the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and the approaches taken to investigating an accident, it made me think about whether similar approaches
The Data Zoo (Part 5 of 5) – How data personalities interact
This is Part 5 of a 5 part blog post. If you have not read them yet, see: Part 1 – The Shape of the Zoo Part 2 – Low compliance personalities Part 3 – Medium compliance personalities Part 4
The Data Zoo (Part 4 of 5) – High compliance personalities
This is Part 4 of a 5 part blog post. If you have not read them yet, see: Part 1 – The Shape of the Zoo Part 2 – Low compliance personalities Part 3 – Medium compliance personalities There are
The Data Zoo (Part 3 of 5) – Medium compliance personalities
This is Part 3 of a 5 part blog post. If you have not read them yet, see: Part 1 – The Shape of the Zoo Part 2 – Low compliance personalities There are two species in the medium compliance
The Data Zoo (Part 2 of 5) – Low compliance personalities
This is Part 2 of a 5 part blog post. If you have not already read it see Part 1 – The shape of the Zoo There are three species in the low compliance area of the Data Zoo: the
The Data Zoo (Part 1 of 5) – The shape of the zoo
In this five part blog post I will present a number of different types of data personality that people may recognise from the organisations that they are involved in. I will provide examples of how these personalities operate and suggest